The Daring and the Lovely alum Matthew Atkinson teased he may very well be set to make a return to the long-running cleaning soap.
Posting to Instagram on Monday, August 11, the actor, 36, shared footage of himself enjoying corn gap on the lot the place The Daring and the Lovely is filmed. Within the background, the present’s distinctive title may very well be seen on an indication.
Atkinson didn’t affirm he was on set to movie new scenes in the course of the submit. As a substitute, he cryptically captioned the Instagram submit, “Second time’s a appeal.”
Followers questioned whether or not the actor was merely referencing his corn gap sport, or whether or not the submit is a not-so-subtle trace that Atkinson’s character, Thomas Forrester, will quickly be again on the town.
Flocking to the feedback part, B&B followers have been determined to know if the fan favourite can be again, urging him to verify if it was the case.
“Are you employed with the present once more? Let me know so i can care about daring once more,” wrote one follower, with one other begging, “Please let this imply you’re coming again! We want you!”
Echoing the sentiment, one other cleaning soap fan commented, “Miss that good-looking face.. I hope you come again to B&B as you may see, you’ve gotten many followers that need you to come back again. The story line is getting boring and everybody talks about the identical factor. You and Hope saved it alive!! Come again!! ❤️❤️❤️”
Atkinson joined the CBS sequence again in 2019, taking up the Thomas Forrester function from his predecessor, Pierson Fodé.
His final onscreen look on the present befell in July 2024. Whereas Atkinson’s departure from The Daring and the Lovely was by no means formally introduced, he scrubbed all point out of the cleaning soap from his Instagram bio in November, in line with Parade. The actor additionally didn’t seem within the present’s new opening the next month, resulting in hypothesis he was gone for good.
Talking to Cleaning soap Opera Digest in June 2024 following an earlier break from the present, Atkinson recalled among the present’s followers having robust feelings when he first left quickly.
“I simply by no means anticipated the response that I’ve gotten and we’ve gotten from the followers, particularly [with] Thomas leaving,” Atkinson informed the outlet. “I can’t converse for all of the followers, however there’s a wealth of individuals which can be both actually, actually upset that Thomas is gone for a interval or actually unhappy. [They] attain out and so they’re like, ‘Hey, when are you again? When are you again? When are you again?’”
He added: “That simply speaks to their take care of this character. And which means quite a bit to me as a result of I’d have enjoyable doing this in a vacuum, however it’s actually nice to have a response that exhibits that these folks care about what you’re doing. And so it’s simply been a lot love from so many followers that comes out in so many alternative methods.”
